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| Ew |
 Watchmen, Alan Moore's stunning 1987 graphic novel, convinced many a comic-book naysayer that the superhero genre really could be high art. Sadly, Watchmen: Music From the Motion Picture probably won't convince many of those who disdain song-driven soundtracks that the format has morphed into something new and edifying. Things kick off with the sole new recording here, My Chemical Romance's punky romp through Bob Dylan's ''Desolation Row,'' which, while hardly monumental, at least demonstrates some audacity. Why, then, follow up so bold an opening with the original versions of boomer-era warhorses like Simon and Garfunkel's ''The Sound of Silence,'' the Jimi Hendrix Experience's ''All Along the Watchtower,'' and Janis Joplin's ''Me and Bobby McGee''? (What, no ''Stairway to Heaven''?) The cooler move would have been to turn younger artists loose on those sacred cows. Elsewhere, the churchlike Philip Glass selection and choice cuts from Leonard Cohen and Billie Holiday are welcome, but can't eclipse the overall sense that some intriguing opportunities were missed. Even the closing track, Nina Simone's classic recording of ''Pirate Jenny,'' makes you pine for something stranger — like, say, Nickelback murdering ''Mack the Knife.'' B–...full text |
| Enewsi |
| Warner Sunset / Reprise Records will release both the soundtrack and original score to the feature film Watchmen on March 3rd — three days before the March 6th release of the highly anticipated feature film. Music From The Motion Picture Watchmen, the film's official soundtrack, includes My Chemical Romance's powerful reinterpretation of Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row," recorded exclusively for the film. The soundtrack also features a collection of classic songs by such artists as Nat King Cole, Simon & Garfunkel, and Janis Joplin, which, once heard in the context of the film, will never be thought of the same way again. Watchmen Original Motion Picture Score features music by recording artist, composer, and music producer Tyler Bates, who was asked to score the film by Watchmen director Zack Snyder. Tyler, who also scored the Snyder-directed films 300 and Dawn of the Dead, has also scored the soundtracks to The Day the Earth Stood Still, Showtime's Californication, Slither, Rob Zombie's Halloween, and The Devil's Rejects. He is known for his surprising juxtapositions of music styles and flair for delicate, atmospheric touches, as well as stressing emotional vibrancy over traditional formulas of music compositions. Bates has also been chosen to score the Watchmen's DVD added story, "Tales From The Black Freighter." Music From The Motion Picture Watchmen and Watchmen Original Motion Picture Score will be released in multiple fan-friendly configurations: The physical CD, and a digital album will be available on March 3rd, and a vinyl edition of the soundtrack will be released on March 17th. Watchmen Music Collectors Edition 7" Box Set will be released on March 24th. The box set contains 7 double-sided 7" picture discs of each Watchmen character on one side, and images in the likeness of the graphic novel on the other. The Watchmen Music Collectors Edition 7" Box Set will include My Chemical Romance's "Desolation Row," along with 13 tracks by Tyler Bates. A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, Watchmen is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the "Doomsday Clock" — which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union — is moving closer to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion — a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers — Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity...but who is watching the Watchmen?...full text |
| Superherohype |
| A few items on Watchmen today, including news on the music and score releases and a Motion Comic. First up, a press release: Music From The Motion Picture Watchmen, the film's official soundtrack, includes My Chemical Romance's powerful reinterpretation of Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row," recorded exclusively for the film. The soundtrack also features a collection of classic songs by such artists as Nat King Cole, Simon & Garfunkel, and Janis Joplin, which, once heard in the context of the film, will never be thought of the same way again. Watchmen Original Motion Picture Score features music by recording artist, composer, and music producer Tyler Bates, who was asked to score the film by Watchmen director Zack Snyder... Music From The Motion Picture Watchmen and Watchmen Original Motion Picture Score will be released in multiple fan-friendly configurations: The physical CD, and a digital album will be available on March 3rd, and a vinyl edition of the soundtrack will be released on March 17th....full text |
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